Howard will revert to municipal wells for period pending road work

7:03 AM,
Jul. 24, 2013

County Highway FF in the village of Hobart remains closed to through traffic as Jossart Brothers, Inc. installs water pipes as part of the Central Brown County Water Authority pipeline project's connection to the village of Howard. (The village of Hobart is not a member of the water authority). Thursday. February 2, 2006.

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The village, the first of six members of the Central Brown County Water Authority to draw its water from Lake Michigan, will go back to well water for a week or two, thanks to road construction.

That means village residents will depend on drinking water once again that exceeds federal radium standards, but, because the use will be short term, consumption is not a health issue, according to village Public Works director Geoffrey Farr.

"People in the village of Howard drank the well water for years and years," Farr said. "It was a good supply until the EPA changed the rules slightly. It's still good ...